Co-Seismic Strike-Slip and Rupture Length Produced by the 2001 <i>M</i> <sub>s</sub> 8.1 Central Kunlun Earthquake

Lin, Aiming; Fu, Bihong; Guo, Jianming; Zeng, Qingli; Dang, Guangming; He, Wengui; Zhao, Yue

doi:10.1126/science.1070879

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Co-Seismic Strike-Slip and Rupture Length Produced by the 2001 M s 8.1 Central Kunlun Earthquake

Published in Science • Jun 14, 2002

Authors:

Aiming Lin

Bihong Fu

Jianming Guo

Abstract

Field investigations show that the surface wave magnitude (Ms) 8.1 Central Kunlun earthquake (Tibetan plateau) of 14 November 2001 produced a nearly 400-kilometer-long surface rupture zone, with as much as 16.3 meters of left-lateral strike-slip along the active Kunlun fault in northern Tibet. The r...

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Seismology

Geology

Surface rupture

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